Like other applications, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications need to be adapted to meet individual needs. However, PLM applications, are not built to be adapted. This article proposes to enable PLM customization using a meta-UI, which aims to allow users to adapt their environments themselves. Here the meta-UI concept is applied to web-based PLM applications. A proof of concept of a PLM Meta-UI has been designed and built. It has been evaluated thanks to a user experiment with 20 professionals. The results tend to show a perceived usefulness of the meta-UI for customization. The participants also raised the advantages of using the meta-UI for their job. In particular, using the meta-UI seems to improve the understanding of concepts underlying PLM applications.

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PLM Meta-UI: Toward an End-User Solution for Personalizing Product Lifecycle Management Applications

  • Dutronc Eliott,
  • Dupuy-chessa Sophie,
  • Favre Jean-Marie

摘要

Like other applications, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications need to be adapted to meet individual needs. However, PLM applications, are not built to be adapted. This article proposes to enable PLM customization using a meta-UI, which aims to allow users to adapt their environments themselves. Here the meta-UI concept is applied to web-based PLM applications. A proof of concept of a PLM Meta-UI has been designed and built. It has been evaluated thanks to a user experiment with 20 professionals. The results tend to show a perceived usefulness of the meta-UI for customization. The participants also raised the advantages of using the meta-UI for their job. In particular, using the meta-UI seems to improve the understanding of concepts underlying PLM applications.